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What can I say...another awesome video, that pick up a brilliant RPG created by one of the most talented creators of the RPG community. And as usual you've done your magic, because you're also an amazing and awesome youtuber...thank you Geek Gamers! You deserved an 👏( I've also share this video in my twitter account and send a message to the creator).
Chits and Cats Thank you! I don’t have a lot of RPG bling so was pretty happy when I thought of using this. In another life I’d be a minis/terrain junkie. :)
I really enjoyed watching this! Thanks so much for creating and posting this video. It’s wonderful to get a glimpse inside the full book, plus see how a solo player is using this system. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to pick up this rpg system or not, but I can see now that it will be a must-have for me. The cohesive deceptively simple art style in this game is fabulous, too. Personally, I like to watch how you set up your play with items you’ve collected or have come from other games.
Arielle Thank you so very much. As you can tell I think this very manageable and useful for the soloist so I hope if you get it, it works out for you too.
I bought ICRPG Master Edition and I'm using GM less supplement called One Page Solo Engine. At first it a bit difficult, but I want to use the ICRPG index cards volumes so an idea I had is to pick a random index card and I roll an event that involve the index card, after I intreperted it and then so on after my Character die.
Not sure if you still read these but I just wanted to let you know that I love what you did with this. I was so inspired that I created your system using Tabletop Simulator and expanding it to use the ICRP deck and the Think Deck. I absolutely love the foundation that you have here. Thanks for the inspiration!
@Ken Sexe I absolutely read comments and I love hearing how people have done work that I could never manage. Thanks for writing that and I’m so glad you found inspiration here. Thanks for writing.
@@GeekGamers01 Thank you for your quick reply. I just recently got ICRPG but although I love it I am still trying to figure out the cards. I have the basic cards from the PDF and the Think Deck rules; is there a place to get the loot and the other cards you showed on your video? This would really help... :)
Roy Blumenthal Thank you and glad you enjoyed it. That sword was one of my best found objects: I found it lying on the ground in front of my building one day as I dragged myself home after a particularly rough day at work. :)
Thanks for the review! I’ve been wanting to solo ICRPG for a while, so your thorough explanation has made things easy to digest for me. I gotta give it a try. Also, it’d be amazing if you explored Mazes & Minotaurs; it’s an entirely free RPG system that’s reminiscent of an OSR, but it’s not really an OSR.
3:00 that is a d66, it has 6x6=36 different outcomes and d36 doesn’t sound natural (actually it sounds like a typo of 3d6). 4AD also uses this term I believe.
Hi GG, great video, I love your tidiness in the play area! One suggestion, I know you are a very busy person, but also an inquisitive one too. I have been playing a solo hex crawl with Forbidden lands. It's a great system, I think you would like it and just wanted to mention it to you in case you might be looking for some new material. Have a great day and as always, your videos are MUCH appreciated. I just had at thought at the end of your video... what if you created a character in one system and played it a couple of times (I know you like to switch systems and shy away from campaigns) BUt... then use the same char in the other system you are playing... find a way (I know you can, you are amazing at adaptation) to convert the char to the new system... this way you keep the same char but he/she can grow over time.. of course you'll have to figure out how to level up your character as he/she gains experience.. that would be a neet thing to see! :)
boltimuss Thanks so much for your comment and for being such a loyal viewer. I have heard of Forbidden Lands but just the name. I shall look it up. Thanks. I love your suggestion of translating a character tho sometimes what people want is a way to start fresh: that can be intimidating. That said, I have Thor Thronesucker (of d100 fame) lying around somewhere so you never know!
@@GeekGamers01 that would be awesome to see, this would give you an opportunity on showing how to translate a character from one system to another (a VERY valuable skill) plus a little bit of continuity
I agree with the numbering. I wrote part of the 100 million decimals of pi in the corners of each of the 4AD book pages (obviously disregard the 7-0). That way you can play in a plane without dice getting lost. Any transcendent number will do of course.
ICRPG is on my book self but so far I have only played a couple of online games. I have the same Who, What, Where, When, Why, How die in my solo dice tool bag.
Ardo Al-Jaf Thanks. I appreciate my viewers and the dialogue we have. Hopefully that will keep up. The item cards came from the designers website, ICRPG.com. I believe they were a free download and then I just made them up.
I'd be hardpressed to choose "the very best" since the answer to that question depends on the criteria. Is it easy? It is cheap? Is it a certain theme? Is it a certain weight? I've done a vid on 5 "easy and cheap fantasy rule sets" to use. That vid is here: ua-cam.com/video/peoJ-KC3SL0/v-deo.html Lately I've done vids on Mork Borg and Symbaroum, both of which I think are fantastically suited to solo play. You can find those easily in recent uploads on the channel.
Alas I have only the rules for that-not the map board or whatever else it may have come with. I have wanted to do some home brew wit it using what I can for the rules but not gotten around to focusing on how I’d do that. Thanks for the mention and remind that I have these rules.
I want to gamify turns of overarching factions in a fantasy campaign. I like the idea of being able to set a faction back by certain acts. For example a necromancer is developing a potion that animates undead. Winning an encounter with undead would slow him down and thus extend the time it takes for him to make the potion. I am stalled at trying to get a time frame for making the potion. I could just do a random roll but it seems like it should be comparable to the time frame from the crafting rules. I thank you for your videos it always makes me think
Rob Harris Thanks for the comment and you are making some excellent points as well as giving a perfect example of how time in an RPG is hard to manage and determine as well as an important thematic element. In your example time passing could be tied to crafting rules. Could it also be tied to skill or experience level-you might need a premise table to roll on so a ghoul of X level had this kind of time range whereas another might have a different one. That gives some randomness and fluidity to the specific task but not so much that its totally random with the range of an entire die (of whatever size). Or... you could create time modifiers to a roll for “under stress” etc
It's a low level campaign so there won't be to much variance on undead types but it does seem like a ghoul set him back more than a skeleton. Maybe I can use the xp of the creature, to show this difference. Something to think about.
It really depends I what kind of player you are and what you like in terms of support. I don’t use any one specific thing myself, as I prefer the open endedness of percentile tables and things like that. You might want to look at the video I did on my solo GM wallet to see a lot of what I use: my solo RPG wallet revealed! ua-cam.com/video/kaCM-QQwBQA/v-deo.html. Many of these are also reproduced in my SOLO GAME MASTER’S GUIDE book.
*Looks at package waiting for me when I got home from work, opens it to find the Index Card RPG I ordered off Drivthru* *Sits down and looks at the first video suggested to me from UA-cam* Get out of my head.
Thanks for reviewing this. Despite having some big personal differences with the guy, I was still considering buying this until I saw this review. Hank has some good ideas for things like AI charts and how to force movement through a dungeon by limiting player choices in a non-arbitrary manner. That said, this system is a little TOO simplistic for me. While the art design is more of a matter of personal choice (I know he's fond of the 70s marker art vibe), the paper that book is printed on is garbage. There's so many OSR type RPGs that exist that have things ICRPG doesn't that I fail to see what is the unique mechanic(s) of this system that I can't get elsewhere. Just my $0.02.
Zak Hoskins On a practical level it offers both a fantasy and sci fi environment in one book. That’s cool for me. On my end I’m not looking for mechanical innovation per se when deciding what to use. The vibe of this book and its mechanics speaks to me; the quality of the author’s work and theory about game design also speaks to me. To each his own, of course.
I would appreciate some kind of introductory talk about what goal you will try to attain in this video. All I see is someone looking up random text in some random book. I’m guessing you are generating a plot start point for some random rpg, but it’s all very vague to me. If you roll a how, there should be a how section in the book. Same for the what. But there is no such entry! You need to improvise. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but This kind of tedium is best generated by a computer, also its text files can be modified on the fly and your core book is fixed. Also computers are faster. Umoria did this better, and that was 1978 or thereabout.
Kosteri x Seems to me from your various comments across my channel that solo RPGing is not something you’re interested in. The point of this vid and many of my others is to show how it’s possible to pick up a book, a die, and (usually) just an pencil and paper and start creating a story. That kind of gameplay isn’t for everyone but that’s what I’m showing in these vids.
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I've been watching Runehammer for years - a primal force of enthusiastic creativity, down so many paths. So many talents, so much energy.
Totally agree! He’s incredible!
@@GeekGamers01 so why not include links to purchase the book?
i admire your devotion and how you take the time to communicate your passion through your channel. Thank you for all your effort.
Thank you so much. It means a lot to read that.
What can I say...another awesome video, that pick up a brilliant RPG created by one of the most talented creators of the RPG community. And as usual you've done your magic, because you're also an amazing and awesome youtuber...thank you Geek Gamers! You deserved an 👏( I've also share this video in my twitter account and send a message to the creator).
Miguel Salgueiro Thank you so very much for your kind words and for sharing my video.
@@GeekGamers01 you're welcome 😊
The video is aesthetically super-pleasing. I like the different angles you are doing. Very elegant!
Chits and Cats Thank you! I don’t have a lot of RPG bling so was pretty happy when I thought of using this. In another life I’d be a minis/terrain junkie. :)
I really enjoyed watching this! Thanks so much for creating and posting this video. It’s wonderful to get a glimpse inside the full book, plus see how a solo player is using this system. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to pick up this rpg system or not, but I can see now that it will be a must-have for me. The cohesive deceptively simple art style in this game is fabulous, too. Personally, I like to watch how you set up your play with items you’ve collected or have come from other games.
Arielle Thank you so very much. As you can tell I think this very manageable and useful for the soloist so I hope if you get it, it works out for you too.
I've just recently discovered ICRPG and am planning to do a solo game soon. Your video was very helpful! Thx!
I bought ICRPG Master Edition and I'm using GM less supplement called One Page Solo Engine. At first it a bit difficult, but I want to use the ICRPG index cards volumes so an idea I had is to pick a random index card and I roll an event that involve the index card, after I intreperted it and then so on after my Character die.
Sounds like an idea that will work!
@@ork44 Yep, I have a copy. It's rad!
Not sure if you still read these but I just wanted to let you know that I love what you did with this. I was so inspired that I created your system using Tabletop Simulator and expanding it to use the ICRP deck and the Think Deck. I absolutely love the foundation that you have here. Thanks for the inspiration!
@Ken Sexe I absolutely read comments and I love hearing how people have done work that I could never manage. Thanks for writing that and I’m so glad you found inspiration here. Thanks for writing.
@@GeekGamers01 Thank you for your quick reply. I just recently got ICRPG but although I love it I am still trying to figure out the cards. I have the basic cards from the PDF and the Think Deck rules; is there a place to get the loot and the other cards you showed on your video? This would really help... :)
Have you tried the website for ICRPG? I really don’t recall where I got the cards, sorry.
Great discussion of ICRPG! I'll definetely check it out, especially after your video! Thank you very much!
So glad you enjoyed it & thx for commenting!
Thanks so much for doing this review. So cool! (Loved the use of the sword miniature at the beginning as a crochet hook substitute.)
Roy Blumenthal Thank you and glad you enjoyed it. That sword was one of my best found objects: I found it lying on the ground in front of my building one day as I dragged myself home after a particularly rough day at work. :)
Thanks for the review! I’ve been wanting to solo ICRPG for a while, so your thorough explanation has made things easy to digest for me. I gotta give it a try. Also, it’d be amazing if you explored Mazes & Minotaurs; it’s an entirely free RPG system that’s reminiscent of an OSR, but it’s not really an OSR.
Thredith Undomiel Glad you enjoyed it. I don’t know of the system you mention but I will look it up.
3:00 that is a d66, it has 6x6=36 different outcomes and d36 doesn’t sound natural (actually it sounds like a typo of 3d6). 4AD also uses this term I believe.
Mörk Borg uses it too. I was super confused when I 1st saw it, but it made sense when I realized it meant 2d6 read side by side
Thanks for sharing. I love it! ❤
Take a hero coin. 😎
Okay, I had a heart attack when I saw you had written in the book. That was quite a shock :)
Chits and Cats Trust me: I hesitated A LOT. but I will sacrifice anything for the channel. :)
REAL GROGNARDS WRITE IN THEIR BOOKS AND GET PIZZA GREASE ALL OVER THEIR CHARACTER SHEETS!
@@Aaron-mj9ie I might have to draw the line at pizza grease! :)
‘Ignacious’ rock... (nice content btw)
Love ICRPG, love your videos! :)
Константин Кондратьев Thank you! I love this system too! So great for solo
I'm late to ICrpg and your channel. But thank you for this video.
Hi GG, great video, I love your tidiness in the play area! One suggestion, I know you are a very busy person, but also an inquisitive one too. I have been playing a solo hex crawl with Forbidden lands. It's a great system, I think you would like it and just wanted to mention it to you in case you might be looking for some new material. Have a great day and as always, your videos are MUCH appreciated. I just had at thought at the end of your video... what if you created a character in one system and played it a couple of times (I know you like to switch systems and shy away from campaigns) BUt... then use the same char in the other system you are playing... find a way (I know you can, you are amazing at adaptation) to convert the char to the new system... this way you keep the same char but he/she can grow over time.. of course you'll have to figure out how to level up your character as he/she gains experience.. that would be a neet thing to see! :)
boltimuss Thanks so much for your comment and for being such a loyal viewer. I have heard of Forbidden Lands but just the name. I shall look it up. Thanks.
I love your suggestion of translating a character tho sometimes what people want is a way to start fresh: that can be intimidating. That said, I have Thor Thronesucker (of d100 fame) lying around somewhere so you never know!
@@GeekGamers01 that would be awesome to see, this would give you an opportunity on showing how to translate a character from one system to another (a VERY valuable skill) plus a little bit of continuity
boltimuss Thanks for your thoughts on that. I will keep it in mind
I agree with the numbering. I wrote part of the 100 million decimals of pi in the corners of each of the 4AD book pages (obviously disregard the 7-0). That way you can play in a plane without dice getting lost. Any transcendent number will do of course.
Kosteri x That’s an interesting idea but can you explain to me how it works? What is the method for selecting a number?
Great videos, thank so much for your time,
Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you enjoyed it.
ICRPG is on my book self but so far I have only played a couple of online games. I have the same Who, What, Where, When, Why, How die in my solo dice tool bag.
Shane Ellswood Seems like you’re good to go!
Nice! Where are the item cards from??
Also: Never seen such consistently positive comments on youtube!
Ardo Al-Jaf Thanks. I appreciate my viewers and the dialogue we have. Hopefully that will keep up.
The item cards came from the designers website, ICRPG.com. I believe they were a free download and then I just made them up.
igneous rock!
(Please kill me.)
Really informative - thanks for posting. All best.
Dungeon World is another system great for running solo adventures.
Terry Beal 2 Yes, indeed. I’ve done two vids on solo Dungeon World, most recently this one: m.ua-cam.com/video/iOXIJ0QhXz0/v-deo.html
Great Job! thanks for doing this.
Agray Day I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
Great video! Could you recommend the best rpg rule set for solo rpg? I think ICRPG is the best so far. But I need your expertise :)
I'd be hardpressed to choose "the very best" since the answer to that question depends on the criteria. Is it easy? It is cheap? Is it a certain theme? Is it a certain weight?
I've done a vid on 5 "easy and cheap fantasy rule sets" to use. That vid is here: ua-cam.com/video/peoJ-KC3SL0/v-deo.html
Lately I've done vids on Mork Borg and Symbaroum, both of which I think are fantastically suited to solo play. You can find those easily in recent uploads on the channel.
These seems pretty interesting.
Great video. I passed it on to Brandish.
OMGzzzzzzzz. Thanks for doing that!
Thanks for bringing this system to my attention!! Did Riff succeed in his rescue? I have to know lol
Skinnyjean Oh he succeeded. The real question is whether whatever infected the shadow lasher’s body also got his soul...
@@GeekGamers01 only the dice will know 👍😁
Can you share more about where you found the loot cards? Perhaps provide a link if possible --- Thanks!
I believe they were on the ICRPG web site
I must have missed this video when it first came out but If you have Sword Lords of the Eastern Region, i would love to see a review of that.
Alas I have only the rules for that-not the map board or whatever else it may have come with. I have wanted to do some home brew wit it using what I can for the rules but not gotten around to focusing on how I’d do that. Thanks for the mention and remind that I have these rules.
I want to gamify turns of overarching factions in a fantasy campaign. I like the idea of being able to set a faction back by certain acts. For example a necromancer is developing a potion that animates undead. Winning an encounter with undead would slow him down and thus extend the time it takes for him to make the potion. I am stalled at trying to get a time frame for making the potion. I could just do a random roll but it seems like it should be comparable to the time frame from the crafting rules. I thank you for your videos it always makes me think
Rob Harris Thanks for the comment and you are making some excellent points as well as giving a perfect example of how time in an RPG is hard to manage and determine as well as an important thematic element.
In your example time passing could be tied to crafting rules. Could it also be tied to skill or experience level-you might need a premise table to roll on so a ghoul of X level had this kind of time range whereas another might have a different one. That gives some randomness and fluidity to the specific task but not so much that its totally random with the range of an entire die (of whatever size).
Or... you could create time modifiers to a roll for “under stress” etc
It's a low level campaign so there won't be to much variance on undead types but it does seem like a ghoul set him back more than a skeleton. Maybe I can use the xp of the creature, to show this difference. Something to think about.
29:51 Solo RPG vignettes?
Can you recommend me of what other Solo or GM emulator guide should I use.
It really depends I what kind of player you are and what you like in terms of support. I don’t use any one specific thing myself, as I prefer the open endedness of percentile tables and things like that. You might want to look at the video I did on my solo GM wallet to see a lot of what I use: my solo RPG wallet revealed!
ua-cam.com/video/kaCM-QQwBQA/v-deo.html. Many of these are also reproduced in my SOLO GAME MASTER’S GUIDE book.
Great game and great video!
Yeah i was hella stoked to see you do this video! Thank you!
*Looks at package waiting for me when I got home from work, opens it to find the Index Card RPG I ordered off Drivthru*
*Sits down and looks at the first video suggested to me from UA-cam*
Get out of my head.
!!!
Thanks for reviewing this. Despite having some big personal differences with the guy, I was still considering buying this until I saw this review. Hank has some good ideas for things like AI charts and how to force movement through a dungeon by limiting player choices in a non-arbitrary manner. That said, this system is a little TOO simplistic for me. While the art design is more of a matter of personal choice (I know he's fond of the 70s marker art vibe), the paper that book is printed on is garbage. There's so many OSR type RPGs that exist that have things ICRPG doesn't that I fail to see what is the unique mechanic(s) of this system that I can't get elsewhere. Just my $0.02.
Zak Hoskins On a practical level it offers both a fantasy and sci fi environment in one book. That’s cool for me. On my end I’m not looking for mechanical innovation per se when deciding what to use. The vibe of this book and its mechanics speaks to me; the quality of the author’s work and theory about game design also speaks to me. To each his own, of course.
Now that's a D20!!
I assume the massive retailer is Amazon, but for the life of me I can't find that die there.
You misunderstood. I got ICRPG at the massive retailer. The die came from a 25 cent bin at my local game store years ago...
I often get these sorts of dice whenever I buy a pound of random dice. And don't forget, in a pinch you can just make a table :/
You should check out the solo trpg Scrawl
Muntdouken Thanks for the suggestion. I just looked it up and will investigate further!
This video begs for someone to create an electronic interface that will generate the info. Unless of course, you want to keep it organic.
An electronic interface would defeat the purpose of playing, for me at least.
Where can I get this?
icrpg.com
I would appreciate some kind of introductory talk about what goal you will try to attain in this video. All I see is someone looking up random text in some random book.
I’m guessing you are generating a plot start point for some random rpg, but it’s all very vague to me. If you roll a how, there should be a how section in the book. Same for the what. But there is no such entry! You need to improvise.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but This kind of tedium is best generated by a computer, also its text files can be modified on the fly and your core book is fixed. Also computers are faster. Umoria did this better, and that was 1978 or thereabout.
Kosteri x Seems to me from your various comments across my channel that solo RPGing is not something you’re interested in. The point of this vid and many of my others is to show how it’s possible to pick up a book, a die, and (usually) just an pencil and paper and start creating a story. That kind of gameplay isn’t for everyone but that’s what I’m showing in these vids.
You are brutal with that book...cringe cringe cringe..